Question

Which of the following is not true regarding the cacao tree?
a.
It originated in the Amazon.
b.
The cacao tree produces fruit all year long.
c.
Cocoa is made from the whole cacao fruit.
d.
The cacao fruit has a mango flavor.

Answer 1

c.

Cocoa is made from the seeds (beans) inside the cacao pod, not from the whole fruit. The sweet pulp around the beans is edible and used in some drinks/fermentations, but chocolate/cocoa come from the fermented, dried, roasted cacao beans.